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Coquitlam Adanacs saved their best for the last 20 minutes Saturday night.

Coquitlam Reds survived a wild, eight-run second inning to post a 7-4 triumph Thursday over the North Shore Twins in B.C. Premier Baseball League action at Parkgate Park.

Langley Jr. Thunder pumped in five powerplay goals and added a shorthanded tally on way to an 11-9 upset win Thursday over the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs in a B.C. Junior A lacrosse league battle at Langley Events Centre.

Port Coquitlam's Soo-Bin Kim posted back-to-back rounds of 70 to sit in a second-place tie heading into Thursday's third round (after The News ' deadline) in the BC Golf Women's Amateur Championship at Christina Lake Golf Club.

Du stin Walsh's favourite quote, "Failing to plan is planning to fail," is often attributed to 1970s self-help book author, Alan Lakein.

They don't call them SuperMites for nothing. PoCo Ravens capped a perfect season last weekend by winning the gold medal at the B.C.

PoCo Lightning did so much right it was hard to accept being on the wrong end of a 6-5 decision to their club rivals, the Pirates, in the recent Mosquito division baseball playoff championship game.

The goal-starved PoCo Saints tallied twice as much in the first 20 minutes as they did in the final 40 and it was hardly enough, as they fell 7-3 Tuesday to the New Westminster Jr. Salmonbellies at Queen's Park Arena.

Patrick Walker of Coquitlam and Port Moody's Jerry Huang powered their way to 2012 B.C. provincial junior tennis titles last weekend at Vancouver's Jericho club.

Coquitlam Adanacs had the host Timbermen right where they wanted them midway through the first period Saturday in Nanaimo. Then the T-men put the Adanacs right where they wanted them -- in the penalty box.